HANSEN WIRE-TO-WIRE IN “PACIFIC COAST NATIONALS” OPENER

Tulare, CA…….USAC Western Midget point leader Garrett Hansen of Manhattan Beach, Calif. led all 30 laps to win Saturday night’s ‘Pacific Coast Nationals” opener at Thunderbowl Raceway. The two-night USAC National and Lucas Oil USAC/CRA Sprint Car program concludes Sunday night with another 30-lapper at the third-mile dirt oval. Hansen took the lead at the drop of the green flag in his Roy Miller Freightlines/Hansen’s Welding Maxim/Chevy and held off repeated challenges from Cory Kruseman to score the win. Lucas Oil USAC/CRA Sprint point leader Mike Spencer took third, ahead of USAC National Sprint leader Levi Jones and fast qualifier Bryan Clauson. Spencer’s finish left him with a 115 point lead over David Cardey in the new Lucas Oil USAC/CRA standings.


 


USAC NATIONAL & LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: November 14, 2009 – Tulare, California – Thunderbowl Raceway – 30th “Pacific Coast Nationals”


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Bryan Clauson, 7, Tucker-14.646, 2. Nic Faas, 17F, Faas-14.802, 3. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-14.858, 4. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-14.888, 5. Garrett Hansen, 7x, Priestley-14.942, 6. Cory Kruseman, 21k, Kruseman-15.010, 7. Tracy Hines, 21, Stewart-15.038, 8. Ronnie Gardner, 96, Gardner-15.134, 9. Henry Clarke, 67, Kunz-15.144, 10. Bruce St. James, 7k, St. James-15.161, 11. Jesse Hockett, 13, Buch/VKCC-15.188, 12. Justin Grant, 5, Baldwin-15.190, 13. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-15.200, 14. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-15.202, 15. Blake Miller, 93, Gardner-15.213, 16. Davey Pombo, 11p, Buster & Ziggy-15.219, 17. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-15.221, 18. Greg Bragg, 92, Sertich-15.240, 19. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-15.255, 20. Jon Stanbrough, 37, Indiana Underground-15.266, 21. Dave Darland, 2B, RWB-15.277, 22. Matt Streeter, 14jr, Streeter-15.295, 23. Peter Murphy, 21t, Tarlton-15.295, 24. Bill Rose, 66, Miller-15.314, 25. Cole Whitt, 67k, Kunz-15.322, 26. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-15.332, 27. Kyle Larson, 99, Kaeding-15.332, 28. Cole Carter, 7c, Carter-15.357, 29. Austin Mero, 71k, Kruseman-15.363, 30. Matt Mitchell, 37x, Mitchell-15.376, 31. Kevin Swindell 83, Roth-15.411, 32. Brad Sweet, 9, Kahne/Curb-15.425, 33. Danny Faria, Jr., 17v, Faria-15.430, 34. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK-15.439, 35. Darren Hagen, 71g, Iish-15.443, 36. Casey Riggs, 37r, Riggs-15.451, 37. Richard VanderWeerd, 10, VanderWeerd-15.484, 38. Mathew Shedarowich, 8z, Shedarowich-15.490, 39. David Cardey, 38, Crossno-15.563, 40. Coleman Gulick, 14, Gulick-15.570, 41. Greg Taylor, 7t, Taylor-15.639, 42. Brady Short, 36, Short-15.640, 43. Keith Bloom, Jr., 27, Braund-15.642, 44. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-15.654, 45. Shane Golobic, 88g, Golobic-15.666, 46. Jim Richardson 8, Richardson-15.680, 47. Wes Gutierrez, 007, WG-15.687, 48. Jerry Coons Jr., 83jr, Roth-15.692, 49. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-15.734, 50. Anthony Simone, 10a, Simone-15.889, 51. Cale Conley, 1Z, 2B Racing-15.969, 52. Jace VanderWeerd, 88, VanderWeerd-15.980, 53. Bill Aton, 26, Larson/Aton-16.344, 54. Shain Matthews, 167, Matthews-16.612.


 


“C” MAIN #1: (8 laps) 1. Hagen, 2. Faria, 3. R.VanderWeerd, 4. Taylor, 5. Golobic, 6. Bloom, 7. Gutierrez, 8. Conley, 9. C.Williams, 10. Aton, 11. Cardey. NT


“C” MAIN #2: (8 laps) 1. Riggs, 2. Kaeding, 3. Gullick, 4. Coons, 5. A.Williams, 6. Shedarowich, 7. J.VanderWeerd, 8. Richardson, 9. Matthews, 10. Simone, 11. Short. NT


 


FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Whitt, 2. Darland, 3. D.Gardner, 4. R.Williams, 5. Clarke, 6. Hansen, 7. Clauson, 8. Mero, 9. Hagen, 10. Riggs. NT


SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Mitchell, 2. Carlile, 3. Bragg, 4. Jones, 5. Faas, 6. Kruseman, 7. Streeter, 8. Faria, 9. St. James, 10. Kaeding. NT


THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Larson, 2. Swindell, 3. Sherdian, 4. Murphy, 5. Hockett, 6. Hines, 7. Boat, 8. R.VanderWeerd, 9. Gullick, 10. Miller. NT


FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Carter, 2. Sweet, 3. Stanbrough, 4. Pombo, 5. Grant, 6. Rose, 7. Coons, 8. Spencer, 9. R.Gardner, 10. Taylor. NT


 


SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Faas, 2. Clauson, 3. Boat, 4. Hansen, 5. Spencer, 6. Kruseman, 7. Hines, 8. Hockett, 9. Clarke, 10. Grant, 11. Rose, 12. Faria, 13. Hagen, 14. Kaeding, 15. Streeter, 16. R.Gardner, 17. Mero, 18. Miller, 19. Coons, 20. Gullick, 21. Taylor, 22. Riggs, 23. R.VanderWeerd, 24. St. James. NT


 


FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Garrett Hansen, 2. Cory Kruseman, 3. Mike Spencer, 4. Levi Jones, 5. Bryan Clauson, 6. Tracy Hines, 7. Damion Gardner, 8. Jon Stanbrough, 9. Davey Pombo, 10. Rip Williams, 11. Henry Clarke, 12. Greg Bragg, 13. Danny Sheridan, 14. Kevin Swindell, 15. Cole Whitt, 16. David Cardey, 17. Dave Darland, 18. Rusty Carlile, 19. Brad Sweet, 20. Matt Mitchell, 21. Peter Murphy, 22. Cole Carter, 23. Ronnie Gardner, 24. Chad Boat, 25. Nic Faas, 26. Kyle Larson, 27. Jesse Hockett. NT


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**Miller flipped during the third heat. R.VanderWeerd flipped during the semi. Hockett flipped on the first lap of the feature. Murphy flipped on lap 29 of the feature.


 


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Hansen.


NEW USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-L.Jones-1,791; 2-Darland-1,582; 3-Whitt-1,576; 4-Hines-1,358; 5-Coons-1,353; 6-D.Gardner-1,343; 7-Hagen-1,005; 8-Clauson-990; 9-Boat-908; 10-Stanbrough-876.


NEW LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Spencer-971; 2-Cardey-856; 3-Hansen-811; 4-Miller-706; 5-Sheridan-698; 6-Bragg-687; 7-Mitchell-605; 8-R.Williams-600; 9-Kruseman-544; 10-Tony Jones-392.


NEXT USAC NATIONAL & LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: November 15 – Tulare, CA – Thunderbowl Raceway